Coin or check control device



Sept. 27, 1932.. J. o. MORGAN COIN OR CHECK CONTROL DEVICE Filed May 16. 1951 3 Sheets-Sheet Inventor Jar'ymz,

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COIN 0R CHECK CONTROL DEVICE Filed May 16, 1931 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Invenlor Sept. 27, 1932. J. Q MORGAN 1,879,408

COINOR CHECK CONTROL DEVICE Filed May 16l 1951 I5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Xx O h v .Inventor J/YTQQM `/qltorncy Patented Sept. 277, 17932l 'l d LUNI-TED STATES PATENT orf-ica .TOI-IN 0.. MORGAN, F HIGH POINT, Vll'ORl'IEI CAROLINA G01N on lGranen CONTROL DEvIGE Y applicati@ mee may 1e, 1921.1.Y serial no. 537,929.

This invention relates to certain new'and lower outer end of which is suitably conuseful improvements in coin'or check control nected to the crank arm of the `meter valve devices and the primary object of thisinven- (not: shown). The crank arm 17 is normally tion is to provide a device of the character urged'in'one direction for retaining the meter above mentioned, especially but not essentialvalve closed,V through the medium of a rod ly adapted for controlling the valve of a wa- 19 that has a forked end pivoted to the crank 55 ter meter. arm 17 as at 17a. l

A still further obj ect of the invention is to The free end of the rod is slidable through provide a device of the character vabove men=' an apertured guide lug 20 provided on the l' tioned, which will control the amount of waunder face of the casing plate o r bottom C, ter to pass through the meter by reason of and a spring 18 is convoluted about therod means suitably connected with the valve of the 19 between the forked end of the rod and the meter for retaining the valve open for a pre` lug20for normally urging therod 19 toward determined period of time. the right in Figure `1. Y

The present application is an improvement VTo the inner end of the crank arm 17' there 5 on a coin control device shown and described is pivotally connected one end of a coin shift. 0 in my copending application Serial No. ing lever 21. Adjacent its free end, the lever 456,581 filed under date of May 28, 1930.` .i 21 'is provided with an elongated slot 22 Many objects and advantages of the presthfrough which passes a horizontal'shaft 25 ent invention, together with its nature will be journalled in the casing between uprights 40 best understood from a study of the following rising Vfrom the bottom C. Mounted on the description, taken in connection `with the acshaft and at opposite sides of the lever 2l companying drawings wherein: f are spacer washers 24. y

Figure 1 is an elevational view of Vone side Y On the'free end of the lever 21 and laterally if? of the device. disposed is a roller 23 normally retained in- 7 Figure 2 is a similar view of the opposite wardlyjof a radial slot 27 provided on a disk J side of the device. a v Y 26 keyed tothe shaft 25 adjacent the lever 21.

Figure 3 is a top plan view thereof. .guidesleeve 28 is suitably fixed to one side Figure 4 is a sectional elevational View takof the disk 26' and slidably arranged within 5U en substantially on the line 4`4 of Figure 1. the sleeveis a `shift-able plate 29 that at one Figure 5 is 'an end elevational view of a end is provided with a convex edge normally coin or check receiving housing. e engaging the peripheryof the roller 23. As

Figure 6 is a side elevational view of a shown in Figure 8, theplate 29 is provided shiftable plate to be hereinafter more fully with an elongated longitudinal slot for acreferred to. commodating the shaft 25. n 85 Figure 7 is a top plan viewof a shifting A ranged'within the casing rearwardly of lever the roller mounted thereon being shown and substantially inalinement with theY disk in longitudinal section. y f 26 is aV vertically disposed coin housing 30 Figure 8 is a plan view of a secondrcoin that lat its lower edge is bolted or otherwise shifting plate. securedto the plate orbottom member C. 90

With reference more in detail to the dra-w- The coin .receiving housing 30 at that' end ings, it will be seen that in the preferredemadjacent the disk 26 is open, and arranged bodiment of the invention, there is employed within the lower portion of the housing and a casing, suggested by broken lines in Figure extending longitudinally thereof is a coin 1 and including among other parts a bottom guidestrip 305. e Slidable-on'the guide strip plate C that is adapted to be bolted either to 305 is a coin shifting plate 31 that at its forlthe water meter (not shown) or to a suitable ward edgeis providedwith an arcuate notch support in operative relation to the meter 31a arrangedin confronting relation tothe and in proximity thereto. Extending arcuately notched end edge 29a -of the through the plate C is a crank arm 17, the plate 29. y im,

toward plate 29 or in a Vthe casing, and'being operable in a The housing on one side thereof is provided with a slot S through which extends aV 34 at one end of the lever, the free end ofthe i' lever extending through an adjacent end of suitable slot in the casing.

From what has been will be' apparent, that a coin is hereinbeforestated, it first inserted through the coin` slot 30a provided -in the 21. v .A

When the disk 26 has completed its full f upper portion of the housing 30 and the coin will be received on the guide strip 306 in line with the shifting plate 31. "Handle 35 is rocked upwardly thus imparting swinging movement to the arm 33 which through the medium of the link 32 causesV plate 31 to move direction toward the left in Figure 1.

The coin will of course be moved in a cor-A responding direction by the shifting platel 31 and when lthe edge of the coin'engages the concave edge 29a of plate 29, plate 29 will then be moved toward the left in Figure 1. Plate 29 then` actingon the roller 23 will cause lever 21 to move in a corresponding direction thusy rocking the crank arm 17 against the action of spring18 whereby the valve of the meter will be moved to an open position. The movement of plate 29'toward the left in Figure 1v is continued until the convex edge of the plate is'beyond the periphery of the disk 26 for engaging roller 23 with the periphery of the disk, and the roller will re,- main in enga-gement withv the periphery of the disk 26 vuntil the disk 26 has completed one full lcomplete revolution.

Suitable means for transmitting power to the disk 26 fory rotating the same upon initial opening ofthe valve is provided, and is herein shown somewhat in detail, and also so shown iii my referred to application.

The driving means just referredV to includes a shaft 51 forming part of the mechanism of the meter, and provided with a worm 41 in mesh with a worm wheel 42 on a horizontal shaft 45 journalled in bearings 46 and extending transversely to the shaft 25. Shaft .45 is also provided with a worm 44 in mesh with a worm wheel 43 on shaft 25. Thus it r will be seen that rotative movement of shaft 51 is transmitted to shaft 25 for driving the disk 26.

Suitable means is provided for locking the shifting plate 31 at the limit of its forward movement, that isat the limit of itsmove-f 31?; inthe plate 31, when 'fsaidlast referred to position. The lever 38 ment toward the left in Figure 1. Such means consists of a longitudinally curved locking lever 38 pivoted intermediate its ends on a bracket B projecting laterally from one side of the coin housing 30. At its the lever 38 is provided with a laterally inwardly directed lug 38a adapted to be passed throughy anjopening in an adjacent side of the housing 30 to engage an opening or aperture the plate 31 is in is swung about its pivot to a locking position during the` shifting of the lever 21 toward the left in Figure 1 through the medium of a spring 37 and lever equipped with the lug 38a, which spring 37 isniounted on a vertical arm 36 secured to thelever 21 at the pivoted end of the lever revolution, it will be apparent that the valve will moved to a closed position, due to the fact that the roller 23 will then enter the notch 27 and be moved inwardly of the notch and spring 18 will then be free to act on the rod 19 for urging the crank 17 toward its position in Figure 1 thus retracting the lever 21. During the retraction, of the lever 21, spring 27 willthen engage that end of the locking lever 38 remote from the lug 38a releasing the 4lever 38, that is causingthe lever to swing to its full line position shown in Figure 3.

Handle lever 35 then by its own weight or by, proper manipulation will return to its full line position shown in Figure 1 which, through the medium of shaft 34, arm 33 and link 32 will cause the plate 31 to move to its dotted line position shown in Figure 1 so that the partsy are all now in their normal position, plate 29 having been moved to its normal position through the medium of roller 23 engaging the plate during retraction of the lever'21. i, f

For the coins or checks, discharged into the casing from the housing 30, there is provided a suitable pan 47 arranged adjacentV 1 device can be readily adapted to other suchforms of mechanism as will admit of a coin or check control device being associated therewith.

forward end engaged with that end of the (3 lll titl

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

l. A coin or check control device comprising in combination a rotatably mounted disk, a shiftably mounted member constrained to move radially with respect to the disk, said disk provided with an inwardly directed radial notch, and means disposed laterally on said shift-able member normally engaged with said notch for retaining the disk against rotation, and engageable with the periphery of the disk when said shiftable member is moved relative to the disk in one direction, whereby to retain said shiftable member in .its shifted position during the completion of one revolution of the disk, and meansfor shifting said shiftable member, said last mentioned means comprising a pair of alined plates constrained to move radially with respect to the disk, said plates adapted to accommodate between adjacent ends thereof a coin or check, one of said plates normally engaging said lateral member and manual means engageable with the other of said plates for shifting the latter whereby said plates and said coin or check are moved simultaneously in one direction for efecting a movement of said lateral member outward ly of the notch for engagement with the periphery of said disk.

2. A coin or check control device comprising in combination a rotatably mounted disk, a shiftably mounted member constrained to move radially with respect to the disk, said disk provided with an inwardly directed radial notch, and means disposed laterally on said shiftable member normally engaged with said notch for retaining the disk against rotation, and engageable with the periphery of the disk when said shiftable member is moved relative to the disk in one direction, whereby to retain said shiftable member in its shifted position during the completion of one revolution of the disk, and means for shifting said movable member, said last mentioned means comprising a pair of alined plates constrained to move radially with respect to the disk, said plates adapted to accommodate between adjacent ends thereof a coin or check, one of said plates normally engaging said lateral member and manual means engageable with the other of said plates for shifting the latter whereby said plates and said coin or check are moved simultaneously in one direction for eiecting a movement of said lateral member outwardly of the notch for engagement with the periphery of said disk, means operable upon shifting movement of said plates in said one direction for locking said other plate in its shifted position, said means being operable upon the return of said movable member to release said other plate whereby said other plate is free to move to its normal position upon entrance of said lateral member into said notch.

3. In a coin control apparatus, in combination, a shaft, a disk mounted thereon for rotation with the shaft, and having a radial notch, means for rotating said shaft and including a pivoted member, a shiftable member connected with said pivoted member and being also provided with a roller normally engaged in said notch, a second shiftable member and engageable with said roller for moving the latter out of the notch and into peripheral engagement with said disk, coin controlled means for shifting said second shiftable member, yieldable means acting on said pivoted member to normally retain said roller within said notch, and operable to return said shiftable member and said pivoted member to their normal positions subsequent to a complete revolution of said disk.

4. In a coin control apparatus, in combination, a rotatably mounted disk, a pivoted member, means controlled by said pivoted member for rotating said disk upon swinging movement of the pivoted member in one direction, a shiftable member connected with the pivoted member and provided with a roller for locking the disk and arranged for peripheral engagement with the disk upon swinging movement of the pivoted member in said one direction, a second shiftable member movable radially relative to the disk and engageable with the roller for moving the latter into peripheral engagement with the disk, coin controlled means for shifting said second shiftable member, and said roller being arranged to subsequently engage said second shiftable member upon completion of a full revolution of said disk to thereby return said second shiftable member simull taneously with the retraction of the firstnamed shiftable member.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOHN O. MORGAN. 

